The sacred night / Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated by Alan Sheridan.
Johns Hopkins paperback ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Sheridan, Alan. - Contributor
Publication
2000 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
44,500 words, Guess
Page Count
178 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesacrednighttahar0000benj
- ISBN-100801864410
- ISBN-139780801864414
- Goodreads175185
- Library of Congress Control Number99088027
Classifications
- DDC843
- LCCPQ3989.2.J4 N813 2000
- LCCPQ3989.2.J4N813 2000
Description
"Mohammed Ahmed, a Moroccan girl raised as a boy in order to circumvent Islamic inheritance laws regarding female children, remains deeply conflicted about her identity. In a narrative that shifts in and out of reality moving between a mysterious present and a painful past, Ben Jelloun relates the events of Ahmed's adult life. Now calling herself Zahra, she renounces her role as only son and heir after her father's death and journeys through a dreamlike Moroccan landscape. A searing allegorical portrait of North African society, The Sacred Night uses Arabic fairy tales and surrealist elements to craft a stunning and disturbing vision of protest and rebellion against the strictures of hidebound traditions governing gender roles and sexuality."--BOOK JACKET.
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